Prelims, Freshers' Quiz'15, DoMS IIT Roorkee

Fresher CookerDOMS, IIT-Roorkee

Shreyash & MohitConducted By

Buzzing Crowdof

Prelims

Rules• 15 questions, 4 *marked (1,6,11,15)• Write down the answers• No negatives• * marked questions will be used to resolve

ties.

1*

• ID

2What is blanked out ?

3

• Biggest film industries in terms of annual film production

1. Bollywood :: India2. Nollywood :: ??3. Hollywood :: USA

4ID the author

5What did they start ?

6*

• As we all know, “abc.xyz” is the URL of newly proposed Google companies conglomerate Alphabet Inc. • Then, to which site “abc.wtf” will

take you ?

7Whose packed bags ?

8• The French call it "wood mouth," Germans

refer to it as "wailing of the cats," Italians call it "out of tune," Norwegians identify it as "carpenters in the head," Spaniards call it "backlash," Swedes refer to it as "pain in the hair roots"

• By what name do most English speakers call it ?

9

• Logo of ?

10

• ID

11*• Funda ?

12

• Which Indian bank recently launched an application to open an account online using three basic steps ?– Take a selfie– Scan your Aadhaar card– Scan your PAN card

13

• Mark Waugh when on a tour to the Subcontinent was highly unsuccessful in scoring runs and ended up with four consecutive ducks which read 0000. What nickname, did he earn due to this incident?

14

When asked what is the most powerful force in the universe, Albert Einstein gave a seemingly answer that may be appreciated more by Raghuram Rajan than by CNR Rao. What?

15*• Located on the hill top of the Mashobra, the building

was taken over during 1895 by the Viceroy. The X visits the building at least once a year. Thousand feet higher than the Shimla Ridge Top, it is located in a picturesque surrounding. The architectural pattern and the natural beauty of the place have made it a tourist attraction in Shimla. The redeeming feature of this building is that it is purely a wooden structure .

• Other such facility is in Y, Telangana.

Submit sheets

Answers

1*

• ID

1*

• Dr Papias Malimba Musafiri, newly appointed education minister of Rwanda• Alumni of DOMS, IITR 2000 batch

2What is blanked out ?

2Permanent Roommates

3• Biggest film industries in terms of annual film

production

1. Bollywood :: India2. Nollywood :: ??3. Hollywood :: USA

3

• Nigeria

4

4

• David Ogilvy

5What did they start ?

5Dubsmash.com

6*• As we all know, abc.xyz is the URL of newly

proposed google companies conglomerate Alphabet Inc., to which site “abc.wtf” will take you ?

6*Bing

7Whose packed bags ?

7• Rahul Yadav, Housing.com’s former CEO

8• The French call it "wood mouth," Germans

refer to it as "wailing of the cats," Italians call it "out of tune," Norwegians identify it as "carpenters in the head," Spaniards call it "backlash," Swedes refer to it as "pain in the hair roots" .

• By what name do most English speakers call it ?

8Hangover

9• Logo of ?

9

Swift (programming language) by Apple

10• ID

10 Dashrath Manjhi

11*• Funda ?

11*

Google’s tribute to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

12• Which Indian bank recently launched an

application to open an account online using three basic steps ?– Take a selfie– Scan your Aadhaar card– Scan your PAN card

12Federal Bank

13• Mark Waugh when on a tour to the

Subcontinent was highly unsuccessful in scoring runs and ended up with four consecutive ducks which read 0000. What nickname, did he earn due to this incident?

13Audi

14When asked what is the most powerful force in the universe, Albert Einstein gave a seemingly answer that may be appreciated more by Raghuram Rajan than by CNR Rao. What?

14

Compound Interest

15*• Located on the hill top of the Mashobra, the building

was taken over during 1895 by the Viceroy. The X visits the building at least once a year. Thousand feet higher than the Shimla Ridge Top, it is located in a picturesque surrounding. The architectural pattern and the natural beauty of the place have made it a tourist attraction in Shimla. The redeeming feature of this building is that it is purely a wooden structure .

• Other such facility is in Y, Telangana.

15*

• X – The President of India• Y - Secunderabad • Official Retreat residents of the

President

Finals will begin soon !